Category Archives: CLIL

Dogme vs CLIL

Posted on 31/10/2010 by alexcase

I would say CLIL is almost certainly having more impact worldwide, what with the interest from publishers and school boards and the fact that it is associated with the primary and secondary schools where the vast majority of the world’s classroom hours … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, Dogme | 9 Comments

Experimental lessons

Posted on 03/03/2010 by alexcase

Was hoping some of you could help me brainstorm things that could be done for the Cambridge DELTA experimental practice lesson, as well as any other advice on being experimental that they may have. The main difficulty in the DELTA is that you need … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, CLIL, Community language learning, Dogme, Humanistic language teaching, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Suggestopedia, TEFL, The Callam Method, The Silent Way, Using L1 in class | 16 Comments

Another reason not to jump on the CLIL bandwagon?

Posted on 14/06/2009 by alexcase

“in 1999 a…study by Dr. Allan Bernardo of De La Salle University investigated the effects of different learner and instructional factors on solving arithmetic word problems among grade school students. The results showed better comprehension and solution performance when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, CLIL, links, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Malaysia, Teaching English in the Phillipines, Teaching young learners, TEFL | Tagged , | 2 Comments

TEFL links of the month April 09

Posted on 18/04/2009 by alexcase

Bondage as a common TEFL advertising theme from Gaba in Japan and EF in China, from More on Weirdo Language School Ads– The Atlantic “Spaced learning” (nothing to do with drugs, despite the name) and other new teaching methods that … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, EF, Eikaiwa, ELT publishing, Gaba, Grammar books, Guardian TEFL, links, Pearson Longman, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in China, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Thailand, TEFL, TEFL chains, Wall Street | Tagged , | 2 Comments

History for ESL students

Posted on 12/04/2009 by alexcase

Updated 13 June 2022 I am in no way an expert in either history or CLIL, but as I’ve written this material and there didn’t seem to be much available when I was looking thought I may as well put … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, Conditionals, conjunctions, Determiners and articles, Future tenses, Grammar games, infinitive of purpose, Modals, past tenses, Prepositions, reported speech, Second conditional, Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL, Will for predictions | 11 Comments

New Teaching English Reviews and Articles Dec 08 Part Two

Posted on 01/01/2009 by alexcase

Before I get onto the shameless selling of my own articles, I’d like to thank all TEFL.net book reviewers from 2008 (Kelly Quinn, Lara Promnitz-Hayashi, Dave Allen, Janis Crolla, Stephen Lodziak, Nicholas Whitely, Katie Cordes, Joshua Antle, Kaithe Greene, Paula Swenson, … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, EFL exams, ELT publishing, Error correction, Error correction games, Grammar, links, Materials, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TEFL games, TEFL reviews, TOEIC, Writing | Tagged | 3 Comments

CLIL is no longer a punishment

Posted on 18/12/2008 by alexcase

This is a story I’ve been following for a while but didn’t get around to writing about until it was finished– Catholics in Valencia have tried to sabotage a new civics course that seemed too liberal for them (what wouldn’t be??) … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, CLIL, ELT publishing, links, Macmillan, Onestopenglish, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Spain, TEFL, TEFL strikes | Tagged | 2 Comments

TESOL revolution

Posted on 07/03/2008 by alexcase

A huge change in the way English is being taught in Oregon, apparently: “Schools have begun explicitly teaching the grammar, rules and structure of English. And they are doing it in a carefully ordered way, making sure that students don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, Grammar, TBA (Task Based Approach), Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL | 2 Comments